Shopping for Love

"[People] shop for love like they shop for the perfect knickknack for the mantel: someone, somewhere to fit perfectly with the decor. Only it doesn't work that way. We humans aren't brass wall sconces. We're putty, constantly being shaped by the world around us, the Creator above and the loved ones beside us. Love is not a destination, but a process. The more we share with one another, the more we're molded, ever so gradually, into loving vessels."
-- Paul Asay, of Focus on the Family's Plugged In